I'm so excited to hear from the very lovely Debra at Book Enthusiast Promotions that my blog tour is booked, and a whole month ahead of time! I was hoping for three or four stops, but eleven bloggers are hosting me and I am over the moon!!! For a new author, this is thrilling news. I'm so excited to meet some new readers and bloggers (some of them are even taking time out of the their very busy schedule to review my book--wow!).

I want to extend my gratitude to Debra for her hard work, and thank every blogger who has signed up, I really appreciate the opportunity to be a part of your blog.

Here are the bloggers and dates. Readers, take note, because I'm giving away a signed copy of Beneath the Surface and I want you to have the chance to enter:

As the dates come up and the tour goes live with each blogger, I'll post the links to their sites (I haven't been given them yet, and I want to make sure they are correct, too).

Also this month: June 23, I'll be guest blogging with Cynthia Woolf and giving away a copy of Beneath the Surface, so stayed tuned for the link and be sure to enter the giveaway which is coming up in just over a week!

I hope everyone is well, I've been working hard on book two, Beyond the Borders; now that summer is here, I hope to finish it off and get it into editing by the fall for publishing by spring.

July 21-25 I'm going on a blog tour and there are still a few spots available. I'll be giving away a signed copy of Beneath the Surface. If you have a day available that week and would like to host me, please click on this link to sign up!

Hi Everyone, I'm pleased to offer signed e-books and hard-copies to you all. If you click on the "Signed Copies" menu above, it will direct you to the page where you can purchase one for yourself or a loved one. Take care and happy Easter everyone!M.

Hi Everyone, I'm super-duper excited to be writing this post, at last. To be very brief, it is now April, and I was supposed to have these deleted scenes out to you a month--or more--ago. However, family, extended family, and my own health has taken priority in the recent past, and when those things happen, you do as you need to do. Anyway, now to the fun stuff. 1. Deleted scenes are here and ready for reading. Just click on the "Deleted Scenes" menu above and enjoy! I promise it's worth the read. :)2. Ebooks are now $2.99! Last week I announced my Spring Special, because I am forging ahead with book two, Beyond the Borders, and I want everyone to get a chance to read Beneath the Surface. Also, recently, Canada Post raised its rates to $1.00 per stamp, so you know what I thought: I need to lower my price, too, to accommodate this sudden, colossal, holy-crap-it's-way-too-expensive-to-mail-a-letter-these-days increase in rates. I hope now, with the increase in postage, and the decrease in my price, the total will be the same as before, or less. At FriesenPress, paperbacks are now $13.99 CAD and hardcovers are now $18.99 CAD. To order your copies, please click on the "Novels" link above, and it will direct you to FriesenPress. 3. I'm setting up a way for people to get a signed book, even if you don't live in B.C.Having a book signing is something I just haven't been able to do, for many reasons. On the other hand, I recently talked with a very amazing author, Nashoda Rose, who showed me how to set up a PayPal way to get a book to me, then back out again to the customer, signed. Look for this in the next month. It will be costly with dual postage, but I will personalize it, and make it work for those who are interested. As for the book signing thing, I may do one with the release of Beyond the Borders, as long as time and babysitters permit!4. Scene Hunt Sunday: The Climax. Here we go!Okay, so for any of you B.C.ers, you may have already guessed that the climax of BTS happens right in Campbell Valley Regional Park, in the Township of Langley, in a little suburb called Fernridge, just south of Brookswood. For all of you out there. This is the very place I grew up, and it is very dear to my heart. Fernridge is home to many beautiful, historic sites, full of farmland, acres of evergreens and fir trees, and for the record, I HOPE IT NEVER CHANGES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Campbell Valley Regional Park is a giant. There are walking trails, an eleven kilometre horse trail, and so much more beauty within it. I worked at a riding stable there for many summers as a teenager, guiding rides, meeting the most wonderful people, and fulfilling my addiction for creatures that love you back way more than the love you give them. Pictures. YES!

The entrance, of course. If you get a chance, I highly recommend a visit and walk in this park in the summer time. They even have a festival every year, and many fantastic horse events that are so much fun to watch.

It just doesn't get any more spectacular than this; unless, that is, you're here in the fall, and witnessing the array of colours this park provides. Lots of wedding photos are taken here.

A view from the northern part of the park, where cross-country jumping takes places; also where I used to canter my horse and take in everything that nature and this fantastic park allowed. These were the days I wished never ended.

16th avenue is quite busy, which is where you will most likely enter the park if you are planning on taking a walk in the trails. I just cannot--ever--get over the lushness of forest surrounding the park. It always takes my breath away when I'm there.

Yes...The Artful Dodger is a real place! If you head south down 200th street from Campbell Valley Park, you'll come to this neat little intersection where Liss stops and meets a lady for a brief moment, who offers to help her. Liquor delivery now...hmmmm. They do make a mean set of nachos, too.

With The Artful Dodger on my right, this is the IGA Supermarket at 24th avenue. Same intersection. Liss turns right here, and keeps on running...

Glenwood Elementary is the heritage school Liss passes by before she hits open farmland. Again, yes, a real place. School is also still in session at Glenwood, but I'm told the heritage building here is not. I must have lots of "real" in my story. I like to be able to visit the places, it seems to serve my imagination well.

This, everybody, is the home where I grew up. I had to include it here, because it's so special. It's changed a lot since I lived here. At just over 1000 square feet, my little teeny-tiny bedroom window was on the left. On the far right, there used to be a sunroom, which is now part of the house; that's where my mom used to sew up a storm of mine and my sister's clothes and costumes and blankets and anything else we needed. Moms are fantastic! The big window in the front used to be one big window, and I have lots of memories of my dad painting pictures to suit the holidays. It got lots of attention from neighbors. Ahh, memories! :) It was a great little house for 8.5 years of my life (or until I turned 12). This was also the place I learned to ride my dirt bike, and kissed my first boyfriend on the cheek.

Well, that's all for now. I'm currently thirteen chapters into Beyond the Borders, officially off duty for writing tonight, and ready to put my wife hat on and enjoy Saturday night with no kids and dinner out! Hooray for that!!!Take care all, and enjoy the rest of this fantastic weekend.M.

Hi Everyone, I'm guest blogging at Vampires, Werewolves & Zombies, Oh My! for Hunky Alpha Wednesday, and you get to see a picture (very close resemblance to a malion) of my beloved Rion.Rion Vorkenso-che Pacafia means "King, Healer of the Pacific Third".Stop by Rebekah Ganiere's site by clicking here, and check him out!http://rebekahganiere.com/2014/02/26/hunky-alpha-wednesday-with-miranda-phoenix/Photo art of "Lion Man" by the very talented Carol Cavalaris, www.romanceworks.com.Trust me, you don't want to miss this. I'm so glad I found this picture the other day. It actually gave me goosebumps when I saw it. And if you get a chance, click on Carol's website (above), there are a tonne of photos I've fallen in love with, a few I'll be ordering for myself and my daughter's room.See you there!Miranda

Hi Everyone, I've been working with the very fantastic Debra from Book Enthusiast Promotions, and today is Beneath the Surface's Review Blitz! GO BTS GO!! Stop by Debra's website and enter to win a signed copy of my book. Just click the link below. http://bookenthusiastpromotions.com/category/ongoing-book-blitz/In other news, I've begun my own personal writing challenge. I normally over-write, exaggerate, drone on, and spend hours cutting out purple prose from my novels before I hand them to others for critiquing (long before I'd ever place them in the hands of an editor). Therefore, I'm making myself write a short stories, in just a single sentence or two. To share them with you, I'm posting them all on Twitter under the hashtag #mrc1s . Stop by @themaliongirl , my Twitter name, and tell me what you think. Share with me your own one sentence story. I'd love to read and RT!Good luck, and happy reading and writing, M.

This has been a very eventful January and beginning of February. Eventful in a good and not so good way. In a not so good way, my family and I (this past week) have been inundated with sickness this past month, and I've had very little chance to write because I'm literally spent by the time 9 o'clock comes around; therefore, Beyond the Borders, book two in my malion series, has been on hold. But that's okay, because during the day, between wiping stuffy noses, making chicken soup and scheduled Tylenol dispenses, I've taken some time to do a bit of reading, and I have some fantastic reads to share with you all. The best part about reading is that I can squeeze in a page or two here and and there during the day and on my lunch break at work, whereas writing, I need a solid block of a few undisturbed hours, which only happen between 4-6am and 10pm-2am. If you have a spring/summer reading list, add these titles, they are fantastic!1. Kill Shot by Liliana HartCategory: Adult Romantic Suspense2. Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell Category: Adult Contemporary Romance3. Lovestruck in London by Rachel Schurig Category: Adult Contemporary RomanceI can't say enough good things about these books. Normally I'm a paranormal romance reader, but I ventured out this month and found these, and I couldn't put them down. On another high note, I have some great news about Beneath the Surface: It is making its way into some local libraries in Canada. YAY!! I am so excited to hear that people have been requesting it. Thank you sooooo much!

For those of you who would like to have a copy of Beneath the Surface to read in their hands, and because it's not yet on bookstore shelves, consider requesting it from your own local library, or your school library. Chances are, they will bring in a copy for you. As I was informed yesterday, libraries take public/student requests very seriously when purchasing.

Also, stay tuned for another Scene Hunt Sunday and some deleted scenes, coming soon, now that we're almost back to normal around here.

Hi Everyone, I'm sorry but I've been late getting these darn deleted scenes out. We are in the middle of a terrible cold and flu season, and it has taken my house hostage these past two weeks. We are slowly recovering, and with that, I'm going to have them out to you soon!Thank you for staying in touch!M.

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